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Monster Knife

Date: 1990
Description: A woman holds the monster knife and its sheath. Giant knife presented to John Fox Potter by Missouri Republicans after Potter's threatened duel with a Virg...
Photograph

George H. W. Bush

Date: 09 1990
Description: George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President of the United States, with his wife, Barbara Pierce Bush. Bush was born on June 12, 1924 in Milton, Massachuset...
Painting

Indians around a Fire

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of a group of Indians sitting around a fire under a cliff.
Painting

Effigy Mound Builders

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of prehistoric Indians building an effigy mound.
Photograph

Alice at the Great Wisconsin Tailgate

Date: 1998
Description: Courtney Ott, Alice in Dairyland '97, at the Great Wisconsin Tailgate party with actress/comedienne Kathy Griffin. The tailgate party, which was sponsored ...
Photograph

Kohl, Feingold, and Hillary Clinton

Date: 1994
Description: Senator Herbert H. Kohl, Russ Feingold, and Hillary Clinton. Sign on podium says "Health Care That's Always There, The National Health Care Campaign".
Photograph

Pokhara

Date: 1999
Description: City street in Pokhara, Nepal.
Photograph

Willie Rudd

Date: 1991
Description: Willie Rudd, president of the United Furniture Workers Local 282 as well as the national union, at a SOC (Southern Organizing Committee) labor conference i...
Photograph

Gwen Patten

Date: 1991
Description: Gwen Patton reporting on the Southern Rainbow Education Project to a conference called by the Southern Organizing Committee (SOC).
Photograph

SOC Leaders

Date: 09 1993
Description: Scott Douglas and Connie Tucker (right), leaders of the Southern Organizing Committee (SOC), at an unidentified event.
Photograph

Mark Harmon at Old World Wisconsin

Date: 1990
Description: Actor Mark Harmon on the set at Old World Wisconsin. Harmon starred in the lead role in the made-for-TV movie "Dillinger". Cinematographer Donald M. Morgan...
Photograph

"Dillinger" Set in Milwaukee

Date: 1990
Description: Warehouse in Milwaukee's historic Third Ward transformed for its appearance in a made-for-TV movie as the Biograph Theatre in Chicago, where John Dillinger...
Photograph

Third Ward Building used on Movie Set

Date: 1990
Description: Building in Milwaukee's Third Ward as it appeared when portraying the Mason City Bank in the 1991 made-for-TV movie, "Dillinger".
Photograph

Sherilyn Fenn at Old World Wisconsin

Date: 1990
Description: Actress Sherilyn Fenn being made up for her role as Billie Freschette during the filming for "Dillinger," a made-for-TV movie filmed at Old World Wisconsin...
Photograph

Mark Harmon at Old World Wisconsin

Date: 1990
Description: Costumed for the lead role in the made-for-TV movie "Dillinger," actor Mark Harmon signs autographs for some tourists who were visiting Old World Wisconsin...
Photograph

Film Crew on Street

Date: 1990
Description: Film crew on street for "Dillinger," a made-for-TV movie shot in Milwaukee's Third Ward.
Photograph

Milwaukee Movie Set

Date: 1990
Description: Costumed actors on a Third Ward street transformed to represent the 1930s for the made-for-TV movie "Dillinger".
Photograph

Movie Set at Old World Wisconsin

Date: 1990
Description: Tourists visit the historic Seven-Mile Inn at Old World Wisconsin transformed for its role as the Daleyville Bank in the ABC made-for-TV movie "Dillinger".
Photograph

Novak and Crossfire Hosts

Date: 1998
Description: Bill Press, Mary Matalin, and Bob Novak, the hosts of CNN's "Crossfire" program during the brief period, about 1998, when they worked together.
Drawing

Suite Interior, Miller Park Stadium

Date: 1996
Description: Artist's rendering of a suite interior at Miller Park Stadium.

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